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Cross Connection Control Manual Download Entire Manual (PDF) (52 pp, 2M)
EPA 816-R-03-002
February 2003
This document is also broken up into several PDFs for your convenience. Below are links to the chapters themselves.
- Cover & Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 - Purpose & Scope
- Chapter 2 - Public Health Significance of Cross-Connections
- Chapter 3 - Theory of Backflow and Backsiphonage
- Chapter 4 - Methods and Devices for the Prevention of Backflow and Backsiphonage
- Chapter 5 - Testing Procedures for Backflow Preventers
- Chapter 6 - Administration of a Cross-Connection Control Program
- Chapter 7 - Cross-Connection Control Ordinance Provisions
- Appendices
- Errata
Sheet PDF
(1 pp., 58 K)
Cross Connection Control Fact Sheet
Cross-Connection Control: A Best Practices Guide (PDF) (4 pp, 177K)
Tips for detecting and responding effectively to a backflow event and information on helpful technology.
EPA 816-F-06-035
September 2006